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Thursday, March 26, 2015

E ai galera blz? Espero q sim...What`s up folks? I hope you are all Ok...Nem sei por onde começar... Estou fora de navio ha mais de seis meses. Depois da ultima postagem fiz mais um contrato no Empress de janeiro a junho de 2014. As lojas da Pullmantur foram terceirizadas no final do ano passado e eu não fui chamado novamente por eles. No momento estou sem nenhum plano para um novo embarque, mas pelo que já vi acontecer com muitos amigos não irei dizer que este foi meu ultimo contrato e nem que nunca mais voltarei a ser tripulante de navio.I don`t even know from where to start ... I'm out of the ship for over six months. After the last post I did another contract at the Empress from January to June 2014. Pullmantur Shop`s became concessionary at the end of last year and I was not called back for them. Right now I have no plans for getting a new contract on a cruise ship but from what I've seen happen with so many friends I will not say that this was my last contract and neither that I would never get back to be crew onboard a cruise ship.O motivo da ausência de postagens era o excesso de trabalho e cansaço; vale lembrar que parte do meu trabalho era feito no computador então no meu tempo livre eu não tinha disposição nenhuma de sentar para escrever. O ultimo contrato foi repleto de altos e baixos: foram cinco meses bem intensos onde tive algumas decepções e muito stress, mas também vivi muitas alegrias e realizações. Como sempre da parte ruim eu guardo as lições e das alegrias ficam as saudades.The reason for the lack of posts was the overwork and tiredness; please note that part of my work was done on the computer so in my free time I had any disposition for sitting down to write. The last contract was full of ups and downs: there were five very intense months which I had some disappointments and lots of stress but also I lived so many joys and accomplishments. As usual the I will keep the lessons from the bad things and I will miss all the happiness.O meu contrato começou aqui na America do Sul onde fiz quase toda a temporada brasileira, a travessia para a Europa e o inicio da temporada no Báltico e Noruega. O período por aqui foi de muito trabalho como costuma ser todos os anos, mas era sempre um prazer atingir as metas que estavam mais difíceis. A vida social a bordo foi mais tranquila se comparado a outros contratos, mas confesso ter curtido festas muito legais no bar da tripulação, e ainda brincando de DJ.My contract started here in South America where I did most of the Brazilian season, the crossing to Europe and the beginning of the Baltic and Norwegian season. The period on here was full of hard work as usual but it was always a pleasure reaching targets that were more difficult at that time. My social life on board was more quiet comparing to another contracts but I confess that I really enjoyed some cool parties at the crew bar and had some fun playing as DJ.

Durante a temporada reencontrei muita gente legal e conheci uma das pessoas mais legais da minha vida: o Chokito (minha Tata) que foi mega amigo durante todo o tempo. Tive ainda um intervalo de uma semana onde participei de um encontro para os gerentes das lojas da companhia em Madrid, que foi uma experiencia muito legal. Pouco antes da travessia para a Europa minha irma e sobrinha fizeram um cruzeiro comigo e foi maravilhoso ter a compania delas a bordo.During the season I met great people that I already knew and met one of the coolest person of my life: Chokito (my Tata) that was such a friend all the time. I also had an interval of one week that I attended a Gift Shop Manager meeting of the company's in Madrid which was a very cool experience. Just before crossing to Europe my sister and niece joined me for a cruise and it was wonderful to having them on board.Nos portos visitados nenhuma novidade, apenas a alegria de rever cidades que eu adoro: Buenos Aires, Montevidéu, Rio de Janeiro, Búzios, Saint Petersburg, Helsink, Stochkolm, Warnemund entre outras. Apesar da correria deu pra curtir praia nos portos brasileiros e ate mesmo uma noite de Carnaval no Rio de Janeiro. Na chegada a Europa fiquei vários dias sem poder descer do navio devido ao trabalho, mas consegui curtir bastante os portos do Báltico que eu amo. Regarding the visited ports there was nothing new, just the joy of seeing again cities that I love: Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Buzios, Saint Petersburg, Helsinki, Stochkolm, Warnemund among others. Despite the busy times I had the chance of enjoying the beach in Brazilian ports and even one overnight during Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro. When we arrived in Europe I had several days without being able to get off the ship because of work, but I enjoyed a lot the Baltic ports that I love.Eu venho tentando escrever essa postagem ha algum tempo e tenho encontrado certa dificuldade devido ao turbilhão de emoções que as lembranças desse período me trazem... Enfim o "show deve continuar" e apesar das decepções finais, tive momentos maravilhosos com pessoas incríveis nos navios da Pullmantur e são essas lembranças que quero guardar.I've been trying to write this post for a while and Ihad some difficulty due to the whirlwind of emotions from the memories of that period brought me ... Anyway the "show must go on" despite the final disappointment, I had a wonderful time with amazing people on board the Pullmantur ships and it is these memories that want to keep.Aproveito essa postagem pra mencionar que um tripulante amigo que também estava a bordo nesse período o HEYWS, ele esta desaparecido desde Julho de 2014. Segue o link da pagina no Facebook e qualquer informação que ajude a encontrá-lo sera de muita ajuda.I will take the chance of this post to mention that a crewmember and friend who was also on board this period: HEYWS is missing since July 2014. Bellow there is the link of Facebook page and any information that helps to find him it will be very helpful.PROCURA-SE HEYWS/ SEARCHING FOR HEYWSBem galera essa e uma postagem curta e simples apenas para registrar esse período. Em breve quero escrever sobre a minha experiencia como passageiro num navio de cruzeiro no começo desse ano. Caso eu não embarque novamente pretendo continuar escrevendo alguns artigos e matérias sobre a vida a bordo de navio. As fotos desse contrato estão no video do inicio dessa postagem ou se preferir veja na pagina do blog no YouTube.Well guys this and a short and simple post just to register this period. Soon I want to write about my experience as passenger on a cruise ship that happened earlier this year. In case I do not get back on board again I want to continue writing some articles and reports about the life aboard a cruise ship. The photos of this contract are at the this video on the top of this post or if you prefer you can watch it at the YouTube blog's page.Muito Obrigado por todos que fizeram parte dessa historia. Um beijo e que fiquem todos com Deus!!!Thank You Very Much for all of you that were part of that story. A kiss and God bless you all!!!

Despite this time without posting I'm still onboard and in the same contract. About two months ago I was transferred from the Empress here to Horizon. On the route of the ship already gone through many countries in Europe, North Africa, just finished a crossing and I am now sailing in the Caribbean and counting the days to go on vacation (I hope so because I already had my disembarking date changed twice). I confess that at first moment I did not want to change the ship and I asked to remain where I was. But I had no choice: my boss said it was necessary and important to do this change. So I had a week in a hurry to fix various details, after all I was already preparing myself for the Brazilian season in my department. Packing was a drama part as I was scheduled to disembark in Brazil I allowed myself to buy "a few things" bigger and heavier. Anyway it was with some sadness that I left the Empress.

The Horizon is a ship that I have much affection for the time she was the Island Star and also for my last contract here. Although there was many people that I already knew I a new reality came across to me: French passengers and French as main language onboard (I do not speak French), many crew from: Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritius Islands and just a few women as crew. In my team almost all of them have unusual names for me and it took me at least a week to learn how to pronounce some of them. Today I can write almost all of these names without having to consult the crew list.

The change of ship brings some fresh air and sometimes can even take a relieved the stress, but I had to redo several trainings, adapt to operational details of my department and meet the people. Actually meet people was one of the best things from this transfer. I met so cool people that I hope to keep in touch with forever. This ship really has something different and I already can imagine it will be a little drama to leave this fellas. My team as any other has things to fix but overall is a very good team, several of them come from different cultures to me and almost every day I learn something about their customs.

In one of this inexplicable encounters I met three new "little brothers" which with we are not able to keep in touch in the future they will be special at least for this actual moment: Daniel (Colombia), Johancito (Mexico) and Diveshy (Mauritius); are 2 photographers and 1 videographer. The girls (Luciana and Valerie) sometimes join us and we had already even cabin party without booze. There is only a "problem" between us: when one of us says "let's go to the crew bar for a beer", believe we NEVER have just ONE beer ... Overall there is a cool group on board and if was not the tiredness and longing for family and friends, I would stay on board a couple of months more with them.

On the matter of visiting new places I have only Palamos to add, a very interesting Spanish town near Barcelona, which is imagine is excellent in the summer. And this week I visited Fort de France in Martinique and La Romana in the Dominican Republic. And I had really nice days in ports which I already knew: Malta , Livorno, Civitacecchia, Mykonos, Barcelona, Barbados, Marmaris among others . I had two different days in Casablanca, because one of the gift shop attendants, Soufiane led me to explore other parts of the city along with Yassin (his friend and former crew from MSC cruises) and the tour always ended with a lot of Moroccan food and on these days I didn't eat nothing else for the rest of the day. Besides the quantity (I think it is a arabic custom because in Egypt with Ehab was the same) and the food is really well seasoned and very delicious: I loved Tangine . Something strange happened to me in Piraeus: as I went out from the port 3 motorcycles with 6 cops stopped me from nowhere in the middle of the street asking for documents and searching my bag . It was weird because they were rude and attitude changed only after I speak to them in English and show my crew pass. After that they let me go and I could not understand anything, would I look like Greek criminal?

On my second day board as I went out of the ship in Barcelona I look to the side and the old Island Escape was docked next to us. It was a very strong emotion: imagine I am onboard the old Island Star and meeting the old Island Escape; I do not think twice and ran to the ship's gangway and the actual security guards were very kind and attentive. I managed to talk with Robert, Alina and Abraham. A few days later the ships met again in Civitavecchia and could meet Octavian, son of Robert and Helena that we celebrated the birth onboard the Escape. It was all very fast and emotional, but it was another fact that made the transfer worth. In Piraeus something cool happened: I found totally by case, nothing matched: Barbara (also a crew blogger and now she is on board one of the Norwegian ships) and stayed half an hour chatting in the harbour.